Hand grip mounted switch and strain relief

Abstract

A floor care appliance or the like is provided with a hand grip having a switch retaining member that also serves as a portion of the means utilized for retention of a cord strain relief. The hand grip and handle on which it is mounted provide the remaining portions of the means for retention of the strain relief, while the handle also serves as a retaining means for the switch retaining member.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A handle arrangement for an electrical appliance, the combination including; (a) a switch mounted with said handle arrangement,   (b) a switch retaining member holding said switch in its mounted position,   (c) a strain relief mounted with said handle arrangement,   (d) said switch retaining member including a portion having a cutout,   (e) said handle arrangement also including a portion having a cutout,   (f) said cutout portions confronting each other and capturing said strain relief therebetween,   (g) said switch retaining member including means jammingly engaging said handle arrangement for compressive urging of said cutout portion of said switch retaining member against said strain relief,   (h) said means jammingly engaging said handle arrangement comprising an inwardly extending post,   (i) said post engaging against an abutment means fixed relative to said handle arrangment,   (j) said post including, at its inner end, a latching shoulder, and   (k) said shoulder engaging over said abutment means to thereby limit outward movement of said switch retaining member relative to said handle arrangement.   
     
     
       2. A handle arrangement for an electric appliance, the combination including; (a) a switch mounted with said handle arrangement,   (b) a switch retaining member holding said switch in its mounted position,   (c) a strain relief mounted with said handle arrangement,   (d) said switch retaining member including a portion having a cutout,   (e) said handle arrangement also including a portion having a cutout,   (f) said cutout portions confronting each other and capturing said strain relief therebetween,   (g) said switch retaining member including means jammingly engaging said handle arrangement for compressive urging of said cutout portion of said switch retaining member against said strain relief,   (h) said handle arrangement including a two piece molded hand grip,   (i) said switch retaining member being mounted on said hand grip of said handle arrangement,   (j) said handle arrangement including a tubular handle part,   (k) said molded hand grip being in telescoped relation with said tubular handle part,   (l) said tubular handle part including a means jamming against said strain relief at an end of it opposite its distal end, and   (m) said means jamming against said strain relief on said tubular handle part urging said strain relief toward said cutout portion on said switch retaining member.   
     
     
       3. A handle arrangement for an electrical appliance, said handle arrangement having an axial direction, the combination including; (a) a switch mounted with said handle arrangement,   (b) a switch retaining member holding said switch in its mounted position;   (c) a strain relief mounted with said handle arrangement,   (d) said switch retaining member including a portion having a cutout,   (e) said handle arrangement also including a portion having a cutout,   (f) said cutout portions confronting each other and capturing said strain relief therebetween,   (g) said switch retaining member including means jammingly engaging said handle arrangement for compressive urging of said cutout portion of said switch retaining member axially against said strain relief,   (h) said means jammingly engaging said handle arrangement comprising an inwardly extending post, and   (i) said post engaging against an abutment means fixed relative to said handle arrangement to provide said axial urging, one of said post and said abutment means being resilient and bendingly engaging the other.   
     
     
       4. A handle arrangement for an electrical appliance, the handle arrangement having an axial direction, the combination including; (a) a switch mounted with said handle arrangement,   (b) a switch retaining member holding said switch in its mounted position,   (c) a strain relief mounted with said handle arrangement,   (d) said switch retaining member including a portion having a cutout,   (e) said switch retaining member including means jammingly engaging said handle arrangement for compressive axial urging of said cutout portion of said switch retaining member against said strain relief,   (f) said means jammingly engaging said handle arrangement comprising an inwardly extending post, and   (g) said post engaging against an abutment means fixed relative to said handle arrangement to provide said axial urging, one said post and said abutment means being resilient and bendingly engaging the other.   
     
     
       5. A handle arrangement for an electrical appliance, the combination including; (a) a switch mounted with said handle arrangement,   (b) a switch retaining member holding said switch in its mounted position,   (c) a strain relief mounted with said handle arrangement,   (d) said switch retaining member including a portion having a cutout,   (e) said handle arrangement also including a portion having a cutout,   (f) said cutout portions confronting each other and capturing said strain relief therebetween,   (g) a tubular handle part,   (h) said tubular handle part telescoping over said handle arrangement,   (i) said tubular handle part including a means jamming against said strain relief to urge it towards said switch retaining member.   
     
     
       6. The handle arrangement for an electric appliance as set out in claim 5 wherein; (a) said tubular handle part overlaps a portion of said switch retaining member to limit its outward movement.   
     
     
       7. The handle arrangement for an electric appliance as set out in claim 6 wherein; (a) a means attaching said tubular handle part to said handle arrangement to limit longitudinal movement of said handle arrangement relative to said tubular handle part is provided, whereby said strain relief is compressingly maintained affixed to said handle arrangement.   
     
     
       8. A switch retaining plate, switch, abutment means and strain relief combination including; (a) said switch retaining plate having a generally planar expanse,   (b) an aperture extending through said generally planar expanse,   (c) a switch extending through said aperture,   (d) a finger on said switch retaining plate projecting generally perpendicularly to said generally planar expanse,   (e) one of said finger and said abutment means being resilient, bendable and deformable so that, upon deformation of one of said finger and said abutment means, said switch retaining plate is urged against said strain relief.